Monday, October 12, 2015

WEIRD, BIZARRE and UNUSUAL (.1347)

NON-PATRIOTIC REASON TO RUN

Politics in Haiti is more than squirrely. That’s because
candidates can only be arrested if caught committing a crime. That
immunity is extended when elected, making them practically untouchable
throughout their six-year terms as senators,four years
as deputies and five years as president. Meaning dozens of accused kidnappers,
drug dealers and other criminals who make the final cut of the 1,855 candidates
can run for the 139 legislative seats. (http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article30459984.html)

MISC. NEWSPAPER MIS-WORDINGS

(A) “Jim Ray Jolliet, Ihnman's
attorney, put his hands over his eyes when the verdict was announced. He rested
the other hand on Ihnman's shoulder.” (B) “The Baths is a dying institution. Last
year, we refunded money to 86 people who died.” - The Daily News Magazine,
March 1987. (C) “The 47-year-old Governor has received nationwide attention
since she was elected Kentucky's first governor who was a woman last November.”
- The New York Times, 20 May 1984.

YOU HAVE AN ANSWER?

According to the
Washington Post, police in the U.S. killed at least 385 people during the first
five months of 2015. Based on census numbers for the areas where the killings
took place, blacks were killed at three times the rate of whites or other
minorities. Of the unarmed killed, two-thirds were either black or Hispanic.
Forty-nine people had no weapon, while guns wielded by 13 others turned out to
be toys. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/31/police-fatal-shootings-20_n_7477658.html)